We are going to Dallas next month to see BYU play TCU!!!! Well, I want the kids to be totally decked out in BYU gear, but I don't want to spend a fortune ordering new stuff. So, I took an old BYU shirt of Kennedy's and cut from the bottom hem up and around to the hem of the arm holes. Then I stitched the arms and sides back together so it fit Emerson's body. The sleeves were a little long, so I shirred them to take them up a bit (thanks for teaching me how to shir, Julia). I also cut the excess length below the graphic off the bottom of the shirt. I bought one yard of the football fabric and one yard of netting. Cut both yards in half and sewed the netting to the wrong sides of the football fabric. Then I sewed the side seams of the football skirt. I folded my big circle of football fabric in half, wrong sides together, sewed two basting stitches all around, pulled up the gathers, and sewed it to the bottom of the T-shirt. This gave the skirt a bubble dress effect. The netting helps give the bubble some shape and bounce. One outfit down...only $4.00 spent!!! I got the T-shirt dress idea from one of Kennedy's activity day service projects. They made T-shirt dresses for Mothers Without Borders to bring to orphans in Namibia. It was a great activity- the girls learned a new skill while doing a great service.
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What a precious little model :) ...Okay so I made cake balls !!! YUUUUMMMMMM ! So much work though ! I did make the cake from scratch and the frosting, I could cut out some of the work by using a box cake and store frosting but I wanted to make them really yummy. Thank you so much for sharing the directions...My family thanks you too :)
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